[Regnum] A symbolic cold snap is expected in Moscow on Epiphany. This was announced on January 12 by weather forecaster Yevgeny Tishkovets."On Sunday, a slight minus and then the weather will clear up. On Epiphany, there will be a symbolic cold snap: 0…-5 at night, around 0 during the day," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Tishkovets noted that there will be no serious frosts or snowfalls until the end of January.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, 2024 was the warmest year in the entire 245-year history of observations in Moscow. According to the Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory, only in January and May were the temperatures lower than usual, while in the other ten months the figures were higher than average.
On January 11, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand warned of dangerous and unfavorable weather phenomena that are expected in six districts of Russia due to abnormally warm weather. Among such phenomena, he named heavy precipitation and wind, wet snow, rain and ice.
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A 4.2 magnitude earthquake has occurred in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 was recorded off the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea. This was reported on January 12 on the website of the European Mediterranean Seismological Center.
It is noted that the earthquake occurred at 17:49 Moscow time in the Black Sea, 75 km southeast of Kerch and 60 km south of Taman. The source was at a depth of 45 km.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 occurred in Sochi on the night of January 11. The epicenter of the tremors was located at a depth of 5 km. As a result of the seismic event, no one died or was injured, and no appeals were received from the population.
Another earthquake in Sochi occurred on the evening of January 11. According to the head of the city's seismic service, Elena Karpovich, it was a repeat of the morning earthquake - in approximately the same place at a depth of 5 km.